Transforming Trauma: Cultivating Capacity in the Kidney/Heart Axis (2-day workshop)

In order to achieve success when composing a formula of herbs, the first port of call is to understand the pattern type according to Chinese medicine theory. When it comes to dermatological disease, we glean most of that information from a close study of the morphology and evolution of the skin lesions.  In this day long workshop, we shall explore the four pivotal patterns seen in skin disease and their manifestations in a clinical setting. Detailed discussion of real clinical cases will illustrate the importance of evolving the formula to suit the changed circumstance as improvement occurs, thus significantly increasing the chances of achieving long term remission in chronic recalcitrant diseases of the skin.

The kidney/heart axis is fundamental to our core regulation. It is an embodied expression of the dynamic tension between yin and yang, water and fire, brain stem and neocortex, and sympathetic and parasympathetic autonomic function. It can be profoundly disturbed in survivors of complex trauma. In this post-Symposium session, you will experience didactic and hands-on instruction and practice in innovative approaches to support balance and regulation in the kidney/heart axis in trauma survivors that emerge out of the Tao of Trauma/East-meets-West integrative approach to restoring core regulation, including patient differentiation between discomfort and fear, enhancing low-tone dorsal vagal nerve function and enhancing ventral vagal nerve function, restoring equanimity after a threat, and supporting a competent response to life threats.